Good Morning,
Folks Im dealing with a site that has an early and rare form of air raid shelter from good ole WW2. Is there any specific legislation that protects such structures other than listing and is there a particular group who are interested in such things as the developer wants shot of it but I (as a consultant) am really keen to keep it intact for the future. It is a 300m underground tunnel and is a prime example of an work based shelter.

Cheers

Death to the aristo`s

I was doing my First Aid at Work refresher last week and discovered that everybody else on the course was getting paid extra to be a First Aider. Does this happen in archaeology?

Hi everyone, hope you are all ok.
Does anyone know of a proper definition of offsetting on a grid via a baseline?
Thanks.

Thought BAJRites might like this (cribbed from the Soc. Antiques website). Never let it be said that English Heritage doesn't have the best interests of English heritage at heart....

English Heritage has joined the National Trust, the Landmark Trust and the Vivat Trust in offering self-catering accommodation on the historic properties that it owns. Booking for the first five properties opens on 27 February. They include a three-bedroomed Georgian house in the grounds of Dover Castle and Pavilion Cottage, built for officer cadets attending the Royal Naval College, in the grounds of Osborne House (here guests will have access to a private beach once reserved exclusively for the use of Queen Victoria). Other properties include a one-bedroomed apartment in the Custodian?s House at Pendennis Castle, Falmouth, Cornwall, and a cottage at St Mawes Castle, Cornwall, both with stunning sea vistas, and Abbey Cottage at Riveaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire.

Prices start at ?230 for a three-night weekend break, including a hamper of local produce, EH toiletries, discount vouchers for EH shops and property entrance. Further details are available on the English Heritage website.

A further twenty-five properties will open by 2008 (including on located in the former police station in London?s Marble Arch) and the long-term aim is to have one hundred properties in total. EH says that guests will enjoy five-star luxury: a ?100,000 renovation budget has been allocated to each property, with the promise of modernist interiors and handmade English furniture and hi-tech facilities such as wireless internet access, digital radios and flat-screen TVs.

Spotted on a job ad here.Just what on earth is a one of these? I would argue that there simply is no such thing. I do have issues with graduates moving straight into consultancy without any field experience as it is.This ad seems to have announced a paradigm shift in archaeology degrees..........[?]

..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)

Good idea. The standard of some of the reports in SMR/HER's that I've visited is appalling. On the other hand some are very good and worth a look by the interested public. It would certainly be a shortcut to educating the public about standards in the industry.

I wonder if there is anyone out there with a knowledge of Irish archaeological practices who could spare the time to explain the difference between a 'General Operative' and a 'Site Assistant'. Is a General Operative the same as a trainee and after how long does a GO metamorphose into an SA?

There is currently an ad for both grades on the BAJR jobs page which doesn't explain the diferences although the wages look a tad low (in comparison to normal Irish pay rates).

My ongoing wage survey http://www.freewebs.com/outwageuk has noted the first apparent wage increases of roughly 3% over 2005 rates, for Project Officers at Network and archaeologists at the University of Leicester, although this is offset by a wage decrease for newly appointed Assistant Project Officers at Gloucestershire County Council of nearly 6%!!

Good afternoon.
I am doing a research project on wetland sites in Poland I would be grateful if anyone out there could point me in the direction of a site that contains Polish archaeological legislation (in english) AS im trying to establish a scheme of protection for Polish sites.

Cheers

The only 1 I can think of is a pay increase.....very unoriginal of me, I know!!

But as a reasonably recent graduate, I'm interested in what other people think.......& also, you told me to reply!!!


So HELLOOOOOO over there!!!

Fancy a break and a bit of fun!?

Go to http://www.getatrowel.co.uk/games.html and you will find some (loosely) archaeological-related games!

have fun!

PS Dont forget the photo competition to win a trowel - http://www.getatrowel.co.uk/photo_gallery.html

Ian

http://www.getatrowel.co.uk - trowels for archaeological excavators